Kitsumkalum Agreement-in-Principle
15.
The Enrolment Committee will:
a)
establish enrolment procedures and set time limits;
b)
during the Initial Enrolment Period, receive enrolment applications, consider each
application, enrol all applicants who meet the Eligibility Criteria and maintain a record
of those decisions and request further information if required;
c)
establish and maintain an Enrolment Register containing the names of all enrolled
individuals;
d)
publish its procedures, including a list of the documentation and information required of
each applicant;
e)
publish the Eligibility Criteria and provide information on the enrolment process and
application forms to any person who wishes to apply for enrolment;
f)
notify in writing each applicant and the Parties of its decision and, where enrolment is
refused, provide written reasons;
g)
upon request, provide to a Party or the Enrolment Appeal Board, in confidence,
information in respect of an individual’s enrolment application;
h)
add, delete or amend names from the Enrolment Register in accordance with decisions
of the Enrolment Appeal Board;
i)
subject to this Chapter, keep information provided by and about applicants confidential;
j)
provide a true copy of the Enrolment Register to the Parties on request;
k)
take reasonable steps to notify individuals potentially eligible for enrolment of the
Eligibility Criteria and application procedures; and
l)
provide a true copy of the Enrolment Register and any other relevant information
requested to the Ratification Committee in a timely manner.
16.
After a decision by the Enrolment Committee and before any appeal of that decision is
commenced, an Applicant may submit new information to the Enrolment Committee.
17.
Subject to this Chapter, all decisions of the Enrolment Committee will be final and binding.
18.
During the Initial Enrolment Period, the Enrolment Committee may, before an appeal of a
decision is commenced, vary, or rescind and re-make, the decision on the basis of new
information, if it considers the decision was in error.
19.
Where the Enrolment Committee fails to decide upon an application for enrolment within the
time established in its procedures, the application will be deemed to be refused and the deemed
refusal will constitute grounds for appeal to the Enrolment Appeal Board.
20.
Where an applicant, or an individual having legal authority to manage the affairs of an
applicant, applies to have the applicant’s name removed from the Enrolment Register, the
Enrolment Committee will remove the applicant’s name and will notify the applicant and the
individual who made the application.
The Enrolment Appeal Board
21.
The Enrolment Appeal Board will be established by Canada and Kitsumkalum at a date agreed
upon by the Parties.
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